Trump Vows To Nullify 92% Of Biden’s ‘Autopen’ Executive Orders

Obama became the first president to use an autopen to sign legislation in 2011

In 2005, during the Bush administration, the Justice Department concluded the autopen is legal.

“A person may sign a document by directing that his signature be affixed to it by another,” a DOJ memo said. Legal scholars have also noted that the Constitution does not require presidents to personally sign pardons.

Trump told reporters in March that he has used the autopen “only for very unimportant papers.”

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